Leon Alton
Leon Alton was born on Aug 23, 1907 in USA. Leon Alton's big-screen debut came with College Holiday directed by Frank Tuttle in 1936, strarring Dancer (uncredited). Leon Alton is known for Tora! Tora! Tora! directed by Richard Fleischer, Martin Balsam stars as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Sô Yamamura as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. The upcoming new movie Leon Alton plays is Now You See Him, Now You Don't which will be released on Jul 12, 1972.
Leon Alton enjoyed a fine career on stage, screen, and television starting in the 1920s and lasting until the late 1970s.In the 1930s he started out on the Broadway stage appearing in various musicals which lasted until the early 1940s. Then like many Broadway actors and dancers, he seemingly drifted his way to Hollywood where he was able to use his talents as a dancer to appear in many party scenes in a suit dancing in some of the most well known films.Like many dancers though, that was only part of their work as they could not survive on musicals alone and by the mid 1950s musicals started to lose their popularity so he had to find work elsewhere, although he was never unemployed long.Alton's appearance was ideal for bankers, or distinguished townsman, or whatever was needed. By the late 1950s, he was able to secure some roles in which he received screen credit in shows like Bat Masterson (1958), Tombstone Territory (1957), and Lock Up (1959) all while still appearing at the usual party scenes or the social gatherings.By the 1960s his career was still going strong as he still found work in the usual places and managed to appear in several well known movies like 100 dollars pour un shérif (1969), Attaque au Cheyenne Club (1970), and Airport (1970) and appearing in most of the well known television shows of the time.His career wound down by the 1970s and while his name will not garner the attention or recognition to film audiences of today, most casting directors could tell you it was a name which should be respected and could be depended upon.
Birthday
Aug 23, 1907Place of Birth
New York, USA
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